Actually going to try for complete licensed NES set

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:54 am

Yeah agreed. They're certainly not in the same category as Sachen, Wisdom Tree, etc....

And damn I had forgotten about Stadium Events. That's a toughie.

Post by **winds** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:34 am

I had this goal once upon a time... Only for the SNES. Always been my favourite console and for about an hour or two I was totally pumped for my new found collecting goal. Then I saw the outrageously insane prices most of the carts were going for these days. I quickly lost my appetite and my new goal became selling my SNES carts for $$.

Good on you though! Will be interesting to hear updates as you go along on this journey. At least I can live vicariously through you.

Post by **mjmjr25** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:35 am

Awesome - let us know where we can help.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:59 am

KalessinDB wrote:713 licensed games per Wikipedia (will update with something more accurate if I find it, but most stuff's blocked at my work). 113 unlicensed games (because I know me, I'll want those too - I already have a fair number, not just Tengen either). 826 games, not including pirates which I won't start down. With the roughly 200 I have, I'm at 1/4th of the way before I start. The good news is, the number of >$100 games on the NES is relatively low when you're looking cart only. There's still too many, but compared to SNES I'm good, it seems slightly past its peak prices.

I have been trying to collect a complete NES set (licensed and unlicensed) for years. I was acquiring a lot of games very quickly, but I have slowed down a lot recently. The games I still need are:

I recognize that I will probably never be willing to pay the market price for some of these games, however. (Hopefully, I will find them "in the wild"... :lol:

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I am happy to help if you have any questions about NES collecting, and I agree that you should try to get all of the Tengen games. They are very good, and acquiring a complete set will not be terribly expensive.

Finally, you should decide early on whether you want to collect label variants. I collect "major" label variants (i.e., Gun.Smoke, Untouchables, etc.), but I have no interest in collecting games with differently shaped seals of quality.

KalessinDB wrote:My biggest regret is losing my copies of the Aladdin games at some point long ago when I was moving every year just out of college But hey, I can track them down again!

Based on your post, I decided to bite the bullet and buy all of these games. They are not terribly expensive, and despite the fact I collect "cart only" games, I just ordered all seven of them for $75 shipped off of eBay.

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:20 pm

prfsnl_gmr wrote:but I have no interest in collecting games with differently shaped seals of quality.

What about 3 screw vs. 5 screw? :wink:

Or do the screws always correlate directly with a certain seal shape?

NES variants are numerous. I think Atari is even nuttier though - text labels, picture labels, blue labels, red labels, misprinted labels, and so on.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:37 pm

BoneSnapDeez wrote:
prfsnl_gmr wrote:but I have no interest in collecting games with differently shaped seals of quality.

What about 3 screw vs. 5 screw?

I don't worry about that...

BoneSnapDeez wrote:NES variants are numerous. I think Atari is even nuttier though - text labels, picture labels, blue labels, red labels, misprinted labels, and so on.

Don't forget Sears labels! (...and the Sears text labels...and the sears picture labels...)

2600 labels are nuts, and you can really go down the rabbit hole collecting variants for that system. (Thankfully, I am only going a little way down the rabbit hole...)

Post by **Gunstar Green** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:40 pm

Don't forget the most common Atari 2600 label variant of all, the Activision "We used crappy glue and now they're all stained and falling off" variant.

Post by **ninjainspandex** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:41 pm

I do know a lot of people don't consider Stadium Events part of the full set due to the fact that it was a recalled game and not really on store shelves, that does make gettings a "full set" a lot more feasible.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:42 pm

Gunstar Green wrote:Don't forget the most common Atari 2600 label variant of all, the Activision "We used crappy glue and now they're all stained and falling off" variant.

Activision's got nothing on Parker Bros. in that regard...and the Activision blue labels and white labels never seem to have any problems. :lol:

ninjainspandex wrote:I do know a lot of people don't consider Stadium Events part of the full set due to the fact that it was a recalled game and not really on store shelves, that does make gettings a "full set" a lot more feasible.

I will probably just get a clearly marked repro when I get to that point. I plan on doing the same thing for the World Championship cartriges.

Post by **Gunstar Green** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:19 pm

prfsnl_gmr wrote:I will probably just get a clearly marked repro when I get to that point. I plan on doing the same thing for the World Championship cartriges.

I think that's a good move. World Championship wasn't a retail game and you can debate Stadium Events due to the recall.

That still leaves some doozies like Little Samson but at least they're not tens of thousands of dollars doozies.

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